參考字彙表 來源 : 教育部 本表為常用 2000 字詞, 其中畫底線者為國民中小學最基本之 1200 個字詞 依主題 詞性分類 1. People ---adult, angel, baby, boy, child, couple, customer, fool, genius, gentleman, giant, girl, guest, guy, hero, host, kid, king, lady, male, man, master, neighbor, partner, people, person, prince, princess, queen, stranger, teenager, visitor, woman, youth 2. Personal characteristics ---beautiful, blind, chubby, cute, deaf, dumb, fat, handsome, heavy, nice-looking, old, over-weight, pretty, short, skinny, slender, slim, tall, thin, under-weight, ugly, young ---active, angry, bad, bored, boring, brave, busy, careful, careless, childish, childlike, clever, confident, considerate, cool, crazy, cruel, curious, diligent, dishonest, evil, energetic, excited, exciting, famous, foolish, frank, friendly, funny, gentle, generous, good, greedy, happy, hard-working, honest, humble, humorous, impolite, intelligent, interested, jealous, kind, lazy, lonely, lovely, mad, naughty, nervous, nice, patient, polite, poor, proud, rich, rude, sad, selfish, shy, silly, sincere, smart, sneaky, stingy, stupid, successful, talkative, unhappy, wise 3. Parts of body ---beard, chin, ear, eye, face, hair, lip, mouth, nose, tongue, tooth ---ankle, arm, back, body, bone, finger, foot, hand, head, hip, knee, leg, nail, neck, shoulder, skin, throat, thumb, toe, waist, wrist. ---heart, stomach 4. Health ---comfortable, dizzy, healthy, ill, painful, pale, sick, strong, tired, weak, well, wound ---cancer, cold, flu, headache, stomachache, toothache ---cough, fever, pain, sore throat ---cure, recover ---death, health, life, medicine 5. Forms of address ---Dr., Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms., sir, ma'am, name
6. Family ---aunt, brother, cousin, daughter, elder, family, father (dad, daddy), granddaughter, grandfather (grandpa), grandmother (grandma), grandson, husband, mother (mom, mommy), nephew, niece, parent, relative, sister, son, uncle, wife ---born, grow, live, marry, married 7. Numbers ---zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, hundred, thousand, million ---first, second, third, last ---all, a few, a little, a lot, any, both, few, less, little, many, more, much, number, several, some, total 8. Time ---dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, evening, night, midnight ---Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, week, weekday, weekend ---month, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December ---season, spring, summer, autumn (fall), winter ---alarm clock, calendar, clock, watch, stop watch ---a.m., p.m., half, hour, minute, moment, o clock, past, quarter, second, time ---ago, already, current, early, last, late, later, next, now, once, future, soon, today, tonight, tomorrow, week, weekend, year, yesterday, day, daily 9. Money ---bill, cash, cent, change, coin, credit card, dollar, money, price ---borrow, buy, charge, cost, earn, lend, pay, spend ---cheap, expensive 10. Food & drink ---fruit, apple, banana, grape, guava, lemon, mango, orange, papaya, peach, pear, pineapple, strawberry, tangerine, tomato, watermelon. ---vegetable, bean, cabbage, carrot, corn, lettuce, nut, onion, potato, pumpkin, meat
---beef, bread, bun, burger, cereal, chicken, dumpling, egg, fast food, fish, flour, food, French fries, ham, hamburger, hot dog, instant noodle, noodle, pizza, pork, rice, salad, sandwich, seafood, shrimp, soup, spaghetti, steak, tofu ---breakfast, brunch, dinner, lunch, meal, snack, supper ---beer, coffee, cola, drink, ice, juice, liquid, milk, milk shake, soda, soft drink, tea, water ---cake, candy, cheese, chocolate, cookie, dessert, doughnut, ice cream, moon cake, pie, popcorn, toast ---butter, ketchup, cream, jam, oil, pepper, soy-sauce, salt, sugar, vinegar ---hungry, full, thirsty ---bitter, delicious, hot, sour, sweet, yummy ---bake, boil, burn, cook, eat, order, spread ---menu, diet ---slice 11. Tableware ---bowl, chopsticks, cup, dish, fork, glass, knife, napkin, plate, saucer, spoon, straw 12. Clothing & accessories ---blouse, coat, dress, jacket, jeans, pajamas, pants, raincoat, shirt, T-shirt, shorts, skirt, suit, sweater, swimsuit, trousers, uniform, underwear, vest ---bag, belt, button, cap, comb, contact lens, earrings, glove, handkerchief, hat, mask, necklace, pocket, purse, ring, scarf, shoe(s), slippers, sneakers, socks, tie, umbrella, wallet, hole, spot ---clothes, cotton, diamond, gold, silver ---iron, wear 13. Colors ---black, blue, brown, color, golden, gray, green, orange, pink, purple, red, white, yellow 14. Sports, interests & hobbies ---sports, badminton, baseball, basketball, dodge ball, football, frisbee, golf, race, soccer, softball, table tennis, tennis, volleyball ---barbecue, bowling, camp (camping), climb (mountain climbing), cook (cooking), dance (dancing), draw (drawing), exercise, fish (fishing), hike (hiking), jog (jogging), picnic, roller skate (roller-skating), run (running), sail (sailing), sing (singing), skate, ski (skiing), stamp, surf, swim
(swimming), travel, trip ---hobby, band, card, cartoon, chess, comic, computer game, doll, drama, drum, film, flute, game, guitar, instrument, jazz, kite, movie, music, novel, paint, piano, pop music, puzzle, song, team, tent, toy, trumpet, violin ---others: lose, play, loser, win, winner, fan 15. Houses & apartments ---apartment, building, house, home ---basement, bathroom, bedroom, dining room, fence, garage, garden, hall, kitchen, living room, room, study, yard ---balcony, ceiling, door, downstairs, floor, gate, roof, stairs, upstairs, wall, window ---furniture, armchair, bath, bed, bench, bookcase, chair, closet, couch, curtain, desk, drawer, faucet, lamp, light, mirror, shelf, sink, sofa, table, tub ---blanket, carpet, hanger, pillow, sheet, toothbrush, soap, towel ---air conditioner, camera, cassette, computer, dresser, dryer, fan, flashlight, freezer, heater, machine, microwave, oven, radio, refrigerator, speaker, stove, tape, tape recorder, telephone (phone), television (TV), video, walkman, printer ---basket, brick, bucket, candle, hammer, housework, key, mat, needle, pan, pot, teapot, umbrella, toilet, trash can, wok, tube ---build, clean, decorate, design, fix, repair, sweep, wash ---address, road, street 16. School ---college, elementary school, junior high school, kindergarten, senior high school, university ---campus, classroom, guard, gym, playground, library, class ---seesaw, slide ---board, blackboard, book, chalk, crayon, diary, dictionary, envelope, eraser, glasses, glue, ink, letter, magazine, map, marker, notebook, page, paper, pen, pencil, pencil box (pencil case), picture, postcard, present, ruler, sheet, textbook, workbook, backpack ---course, art, Chinese, English, geography, history, biology, chemistry, physics, language, law, math (mathematics), music, PE (physical education), science, social science ---cheer leader, class leader, classmate, friend, principal, student, teacher ---answer, ask, behave, explain, fail, learn, listen, mark, pass, practice,
prepare, pronounce, punish, read, repeat, review, say, speak, spell, study, talk, teach, underline, understand, write ---alphabet, conversation, draw, exam, example, exercise, final, grade, homework, knowledge, lesson, poem, problem, question, quiz, record, score, story, test, vocabulary, semester 17. Places & locations ---here, there, position ---back, backward, central, forward, front, left, middle, right, east, west, south, north, top ---bakery, bank, beach, bookstore, buffet, cafeteria, church, convenience store, culture center, department store, drugstore, factory, fast food restaurant, fire station, flower shop, hospital, hotel, mall, market, men s room, women s room, movie theater, museum, office, park, pool, post office, police station, restroom, restaurant, shop, stationery store, store, supermarket, temple, theater, waterfalls, zoo ---city, country, downtown, farm, place, town, village ---local, international 18. Transportation ---airplane (plane), ambulance, bicycle (bike), boat, bus, car, helicopter, jeep, motorcycle, scooter, ship, tank, taxi, train, truck ---airlines, airport, bus stop, parking lot, station, train station ---block, bridge, flat tire, highway, MRT, overpass, passenger, path, platform, railroad, railway, sidewalk, subway, traffic, underpass, wheel ---arrive, cross, drive, fly, land, ride, sail, turn ---fast, quick, slow 19. Sizes & measurements ---centimeter, foot, gram, inch, kilogram, kilometer, liter, meter, mile, pound, yard ---circle, dot, line, point, rectangle, row, shape, square, triangle ---big, deep, distant, extra, far, high, large, little, long, low, maximum, medium, minus, narrow, plus, short, small, straight, tiny, wide, round, short, light ---bottle, cup, dozen, glass, loaf, pack, package, pair, piece ---size, height, distance, weight, amount, measure 20. Countries and areas
---country, nation, world. ---America, China, Taiwan, ROC, USA 21. Languages --- Chinese, English, 22. Holidays & festivals ---Chinese New Year, New Year s Eve, Double Tenth Day, Dragon-boat Festival, Lantern Festival, Moon Festival, Teacher s Day ---Christmas, Easter, Halloween, New Year s Day, Mother s Day, Father s Day, Thanksgiving, Valentine s Day ---culture, custom, festival, holiday, vacation, memory ---celebrate 23. Occupations ---actor, actress, artist, assistant, baby sitter, barber, boss, businessman, clerk, cook, cowboy, dentist, diplomat, doctor, driver, engineer, farmer, fisherman, guide, hair dresser, housewife, hunter, journalist, judge, lawyer, magician, mailman (mail carrier), manager, mechanic, model, musician, nurse, owner, painter, police officer, president, priest, reporter, sailor, salesman, scientist, secretary, servant, shopkeeper, singer, soldier, waiter, waitress, worker, writer, vendor. ---business, company, employ, hire, job, work 24. Weather & nature ---weather, clear, cloudy, cold, cool, dry, foggy, freezing, hot, humid, natural, rainy, snowy, stormy, sunny, warm, wet, windy ---fog, lightning, rainbow, shower, snow, snowman, storm, thunder, typhoon, wind ---blow, rain, shine ---nature, air, climate, cloud, degree, earth, moon, sky, sun, star, temperature 25. Geographical terms ---area, bank, beach, coast, desert, environment, forest, hill, island, lake, mountain, ocean, plain, pond, pool, river, sea, spring, stream, valley, woods 26. Animals & insects ---animal, bear, cat, chicken, cow, deer, dinosaur, dog, donkey, duck, eagle,
elephant, fox, frog, goat, goose, hen, hippo, horse, kangaroo, kitten, koala, lamb, lion, monkey, monster, mouse, ox, panda, parrot, pet, pig, pigeon, puppy, rabbit, rat, sheep, swan, tiger, turkey, wolf, zebra ---insect, ant, bat, bee, bird, bug, butterfly, cockroach, dragon, mosquito, snail, snake, spider, worm ---crab, dolphin, fish, shark, shrimp, turtle, whale ---bark, bite, swallow ---tail, wing 27. Articles & determiners ---a, every, the, this, that, these, those, my, our, your, his, her, its, their 28. Pronouns & reflexives --- I (me, my, mine, myself), you (you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves), he (him, his, himself), she (her, hers, herself), it (it, its, itself), we (us, our, ours, ourselves), they (them, their, theirs, themselves) ---all, another, any, anyone (anybody), anything, both, each, everyone (everybody),, everything, many, most, nobody, none, nothing, other, part, some, someone (somebody), something 29. Wh-words ---how, what, which, who, whose, when, where, whether, while, why 30. Be & auxiliaries ---be (am, are, is, was, were, been), ---do (does, did, done), have (has, had), can (could), will (would), may (might) ---must, shall, should 31. Prepositions ---about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, in back of, in front of, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, out, out of, outside, over, next to, since, than, through, till, to, toward, under, until, up, upon, upper, with, without 32. Conjunctions ---and, as, because, besides, but, however, if, or, since, than, that, therefore, though (although) 33. Interjections
---hello, hey, hi, interest, good-bye (goodbye, bye) 34. Other nouns ---accident, action, activity, advertisement, advice, age, aim, alarm, album, American, anger, army, attention, balloon, band, base, beauty, beginner, beginning, bell, birthday, blank, blood, bomb, bottom, branch, bundle, cable, cage, can, captain, case, castle, cause, cellphone, center, century, chance, channel, character, chart, childhood, choice, club, coach, command, congratulation, contract, corner, courage, court, crime, crowd, curve, damage, danger, debate, decision, department, desire, difference, difficulty, direction, discussion, dream, duty, edge, education, effort, e-mail, emotion, enemy, energy, engine, entrance, error, event, excuse, exit, experience, fact, fault, fear, fee, feeling, fire, flag, flight, foreigner, flower, freedom, friendship, fun, garbage, gas, gesture, ghost, gift, goal, God, goodness, government, grass, ground, group, gun, habit, haircut, heat, honesty, honey, human, humor, hunger, idea, importance, income, influence, information, interest, Internet, interview, invitation, joke, joy, kind, kingdom, lack, leader, leaf, level, lid, link, locker, mail, manner, mass, matter, meaning, meeting, member, message, metal, method, mind, mistake, motion, movement, mud, nest, news, newspaper, noise, note, object, operation, opinion, order, party, pattern, peace, period, photo, pile, pin, pipe, planet, player, pleasure, poison, pollution, population, powder, power, pressure, prize, production, program, progress, project, purpose, reason, report, result, robot, rock, role, root, rope, rose, rule, safety, sale, sample, sand, scene, scenery, screen, secret, seat, section, seed, sense, sentence, service, set, shore, side, sight, silence, skill, smile, society, soul, space, speech, speed, spirit, state, steam, step, stone, story, style, subject, success, swing, symbol, system, talent, tear, term, thief, thing, thought, ticket, title, tool, topic, tower, trade, tradition, trash, treasure, treat, tree, trick, trouble, truth, tunnel, universe, value, victory, voice, war, way, wedding, wood, word, memory, net, principle 35. Other verbs ---feel, hear, listen, look, see, smell, sound, taste, watch ---check, complete, end, finish, succeed, survive ---affect, believe, blame, bother, confuse, consider, develop, divide, doubt, ease, embarrass, forgive, forget, frighten, gather, guess, hate, hope, imagine, inspire, know, like, love, mind, need, notice, realize, regret, remember, remind, surprise, think, want, wish, worry, bless ---act, bathe, beat, blow, bow, break, bring, brush, carry, catch, chase,
cheat, choose, clap, close, come, control, collect, comment, correct, copy, count, cover, cry, cut, dial, dig, deliver, drop, elect, enter, exist, feed, fight, follow, fry, go, greet, grow, guide, hand, hang, help, hit, hold, hop, hunt, hurry, jump, kick, knock, kill, kiss, laugh, lay, leave, lick, lift, list, lock, make, meet, miss, mix, move, nod, offer, open, pack, park, paste, pause, pick, plant, print, pull, pump, produce, protect, push, put, recycle, revise, rise, roll, rub, run, rush, rob, rest, shake, shoot, shout, shut, smoke, sign, stand, steal, strike, take, tell, throw, touch, trace, trap, type, use, vote, walk, wave, hug, yell, mop ---accept, add, admire, advise, agree, allow, apologize, appear, appreciate, argue, arrange, assume, attack, avoid, become, begin, belong, broadcast, burst, call, calm, cancel, care, certain, check, compare, complain, concern, continue, create, date, deal, decide, decrease, depend, describe, detect, die, direct, disappear, discover, discuss, emphasize, enjoy, envy, excite, expect, express, fall, fill, find, fit, focus, form, gain, get, give, handle, happen, hide, hurt, improve, include, ignore, increase, indicate, insist, interrupt, introduce, invent, invite, join, judge, keep, lead, let, lie, limit, list, match, mean, notice, obey, omit, own, pardon, plan, please, pollute, praise, pray, prepare, promise, provide, quit, raise, reach, receive, refuse, reject, rent, respect, return, ruin, solve, satisfy, save, search, seem, select, sell, send, serve, share, show, sit, sleep, start, stay, stop, suggest, support, thank, treat, trust, try, visit, wait, wake, waste, welcome. 36. Other adjectives ---able, absent, afraid, alike, alive, alone, American, ancient, asleep, available, basic, bright, broad, classical, colorful, common, complete, convenient, correct, crowded, dangerous, dark, dead, dear, different, difficult, dirty, double, easy, electric, else, enough, equal, excellent, false, fancy, fantastic, fair, fashionable, favorite, fine, foreign, formal, former, free, fresh, general, glad, great, hard, helpful, homesick, horrible, important, impossible, independent, instant, interesting, latest, latter, likely, loud, lucky, magic, main, major, marvelous, minor, modern, national, necessary, new, negative, noisy, only, ordinary, other, overseas, own, OK, peaceful, perfect, personal, pleasant, popular, positive, possible, precious, present, primary, private, public, quiet, rare, ready, real, regular, responsible, right, safe, same, scared, secondary, serious, sharp, silent, similar, simple, single, skillful, sleepy, sorry, special, strange, such, sudden, super, sure, surprised, terrible, terrific, thick, tidy, traditional, true, unique, useful, usual, valuable, social, whole, wild,
wonderful, wrong. 37. Other adverbs ---always, ever, never, often, seldom, sometimes, usually ---actually, again, also, away, too, almost, altogether, especially, even, finally, hardly, just, least, maybe, nearly, only, perhaps, probably, rather, really, so, still, then, together, twice, very, quite, yet ---aloud ---abroad, ahead, everywhere, anywhere, somewhere ---either, neither, no, nor, not, OK, yes (yeah) 字彙編列原則 1. 字彙表字數的計算不包含括弧內的字詞 2.Be 動詞和助動詞 do, have, can, will, may 只列原形, 其相關衍生詞均列在其後括弧內, 如 be (am, are, is, was, were, been) 3. 代名詞 :I, you, he, she, it, we, they 只列主格, 其受格 所有格 所有格代名詞和反身代名詞均列在其後括弧內, 如 I (me, my, mine, myself) 4. 括弧的使用, 除以上 1 2 項的情形外, 其餘括弧內的字詞為其前字詞的同義字, 如 yes (yeah), anyone (anybody) 5. 一般動詞均以原形出現, 動詞變化不個別列出 6. 形容詞均以原形出現, 比較級及最高級不個別列出 7. 數字的序數, 除了不規則的 first, second, third 依然列出外, 其餘皆視為字尾加 -th 的規則變化, 不個別列出 8. 名詞除了少數常以複數形式出現者 ( 如 pants) 之外, 均以單數形式出現 9. 本字彙表以主題及詞性分類表列出時, 有些跨類的字詞會同時出現於不同類組 ( 如 chicken 分別列於動物及食物類 ) 10. 片語 (phrase), 如 get up, as soon as 等不在此字彙表列出 11. 國名 地名 及語文名稱等專有名詞為數眾多, 除了 America, China, ROC, Taiwan, USA, Chinese, American, English 外, 其餘不個別列出 12. 以複合名詞出現的節慶名稱 ( 如 Chinese New Year) 只在主題及及詞性分類表列出 字母排序字彙表中則僅列複合名詞的個別單字 13. 表中畫有底線者為 基本 1200 個字彙, 係以教育部 92 年 1 月公布之 國民中小學英語基本字彙 中的 基本 1000 字彙 為基礎, 合併原 7 個數字的序數字彙後, 再加上 207 個基本字彙而成 此 207 個字彙的製定, 係以國立編譯館審查通過上市之標準版及暫行版國小課本中出現過的單字, 參照教育部 國民中小學英語基本字彙 中 基本 1000 個字彙 以外的單字 語言訓練測驗中心 (LTTC) 全民英檢初級檢定二千字彙參考表 84 年及 91 年大考中心公布的 高中常用字彙表, 選取出現在此四份字彙表中的字詞編製而成